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M. B; FOOTB. NEEDLE THREADBR FOR SEWNG MACHINES.

No. 601,353. i Patented Dec. l1, `1866.`

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IMPROVEMENT IN NEEDLE-THREADBR FOR SEWING MACBIES.

M B. FOOTE, OF NORTHAMLPTO'N, MASSACHUSETTS.

Laim Parmi No. 60,353, dated Beamten, 1866. y

To ALL WHoM IrMAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, M. B. Foo'rn, of Northampton, Hampshire county,State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Implement forThreading Sewing-'Machine Needles; `and I do hereby declare that thefollow.- ing is afull, clear, and exact description thereofwhich willenableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying.drawing,.forming part of thisspecification.

The present invention relates to a novel and extremely useful implement,tofb'e used for the threading of sewing-machine needles, whereby theneedles can be threaded with the utmost `ease `and rapidity, as will beobvious from the following detail description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying plate of drawings, in whichi Y V Figure 1 is aview of the implement, showing it applied to the needle of a sewingmachine- Figure 2, a -horizontal section taken in the plane of the linex saftig. 1 and Figure 3, asimilar section to iig. 2, but taken in theplane of the line y y, lig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. i 4 f A, in thedrawings, represents the frame of the implement, consisting of a.handle, B, with two parallel arms, C C, o'n `the same side of each ofwhich. is secured a bent spring, D, by means ofwhich the frame is placed'arid claspednpon a needle, as plainly shown in fig. 1. At the outer endof the lower arm, 0,' andupon its under `side is an eye, E, having itslower edge slotted at F, through which eye, after having properlyadjusted it so as to correspond with 4the eye of the needle, the threadis passed and into and'through the eye'of the needle, when, withdrawingthe frame from the needle, the escape of the thread from the eye of theframe is allowed through its slot orslit at F, the frame eye, E, beingmade conical in shape, as plainly` shown in fig. 3, `so that the threadmay be easily and readily, and with but the slightest care, `if any,passed through it to tle cyeof the i needle. Gr, a gauge, consisting ofa slotted bar, H, with a right-angular arm, I, at one end, whichgaugefby i means of a s et-sc rew, K,is secured to the upper armof theframe, A, the purpose of which gauge is to enable the eye of theimplement to be so adjusted with regard to the eye of the needle, byproperly setting the gauge to the distance between the yoke-arm, inwhich the needle is secured, and the needle-eye, as `plainly shown iniig. 1, that, no matter how often the needle is to be threaded, it isonly necessary to simply slip the implement on the needle when its eyewill exactly correspond with the eye of the needle, as is obviouswithout any further explanation.- i

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The frame A,with its handle B, springs D, and the arms C, to the lower .one of whichthe slotted eye E is secured, in combination with the slotted,right-angular gauge G, all operating substantially as described, for

the purpose specified.

M. B. EOOTE.`

Witnesses:

DANIEL KINGSLEY, W. S. KINesLEY.

